News & Announcements

June 2020 | Statement

Ibis responds to US Supreme Court decision in June Medical Services v. Russo

June 29, 2020 – With today’s decision, the Supreme Court has affirmed what we've long known, and what research from Ibis Reproductive Health and our colleagues helped codify into law four years ago: it is unconstitutional for states to impose medically unnecessary “admitting...
June 2020 | Statement

In solidarity with people fighting for racial justice

Ibis Reproductive Health stands in solidarity with our partners, communities, colleagues, families, and loved ones to condemn racism, and particularly racist violence committed by the police and others against Black people. We mourn the loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and so many...
February 2020 | Statement

A human rights and reproductive justice approach to research and partnerships

In a just world, we would all have the resources we need—including information, services, supportive policies, and power—to make the best choices for ourselves, our families, and our communities, to choose whether and when to have children, and to raise those children with dignity. Yet...
November 2019 | Statement

Our commitment to helping create a more just and equitable world

At Ibis, justice and equity are core values that guide our research and partnerships and shape our vision for sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide. In 2016, we launched work to ensure that Ibis’s work and approach are situated within a larger framework of racial...
June 2019 | Statement

Thoai Ngo selected as Ibis’s new Board Chair

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Thoai Ngo as chair of Ibis’s Board of Directors. As director of the Population Council’s Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program, Thoai oversees efforts to develop and test innovative solutions and scale up successful strategies to improve the...
June 2019 | Statement

Brigitte Amiri joins Ibis Board of Directors

We are delighted to announce that Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, has joined Ibis’s Board of Directors as a member at large. Brigitte is currently leading critical litigation on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice, including the Jane...
May 2019 | Statement

Celebrating the first-ever Free the Pill Day

On May 9, 1960, the US Food and Drug Administration first approved the birth control pill, which helped give people the freedom to determine their own life path. Nearly 60 years later, it’s past time to make the pill truly accessible. The pill is safe and effective, but one in three women who...
April 2019 | Statement

Celebrating International Day for Maternal Health and Rights

Ibis stands with our partners around the world in recognition of International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. We remain steadfast in our commitment to advance sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices, and health through bold, rigorous research and principled partnerships with advocates,...
February 2019 | Statement

Ibis responds to administration's sweeping changes to Title X

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Today, Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health, released the statement below about the current administration’s sweeping changes to Title X. “On Friday, the Trump administration continued its attacks on people’s—and especially women...

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